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Links Round-up Week Starting 1st March 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Dimenco Simulated Reality Development Kit LG Sold …

GPT-3 – It’s not a Display, but….

by Bob Raikes

What They Say For the last 20 years, MIT Technology Review has compiled an annual selection of the year’s most important technologies. MIT unveiled this year’s list: Messenger RNA vaccines. GPT-3. TikTok recommendation algorithms. …

Tags:Big Data/AI

Taiwan’s chip industry under threat as drought turns critical

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters reported that severe droughts in Taiwan are causing more problems for the semiconductor supply chain. Water levels are at just 20% of capacity after a typhoon-free summer with little rain. …

Tags:Production| Semiconductors| Taiwan

3M Teams with Pegatron to Advance Virtual Reality Headset Design and Efficiency

by Artem Alekseenko

3M and Pegatron have teamed up to develop a new Virtual Reality reference design headset with a folded optics lens. This new curved lens includes 3M’s proprietary reflective polarizer for high resolution, high transmission …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Virtual Reality

3M Teams with Pegatron to Advance Virtual Reality Headset Design

by Bob Raikes

What They Say 3M & Pegatron announced that they are working together to develop a new VR reference design based on 3M’s reflective polariser-based ‘folded optics’ lens. The lens is said to allow smaller …

Tags:3M (MMM)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Optics| Virtual Reality

Qualcomm Advances AR Industry with the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 AR Smart Viewer Reference Design

by Artem Alekseenko

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. introduces its first augmented reality (AR) reference design based on the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ XR1 Platform, equipped to deliver high-performance, immersive experiences, and lower power consumption[1]. The reference design is an AR …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Qualcomm

SmartKem, Inc. Raises $24.6 Million and Completes Reverse Acquisition

by Artem Alekseenko

SmartKem, Inc., a pioneer in the development of materials and processes used to make organic semiconductor materials for the manufacture of flexible electronics, announced the closing of a $24.6 million private placement financing. Prior …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Semiconductors

Two New Things

by Ken Werner

Thing 1. Ford Develops Analog Volume Control that Isn’t for Mustang Mach-E As best I can tell from Ford’s photo of the Mustang Mach-E’s display and control suite, the only mechanical controls are on …

Tags:Automotive| E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Touch Controllers

Middle East & Africa Personal Computing Devices Market Posts Strong Growth, with Demand from Both Home & Commercial End Users Remaining High

by Artem Alekseenko

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, recorded strong growth in the final quarter of 2020, according to the latest …

Responses to 16-9 Survey

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sixteen-nine.net has published the results of its survey about the need or desire for a replacement to the Digital Signage Expo (Let Dave Know your View). There is detail in the …

Tags:Digital Signage| Events| Market Data

Stratacache Expands Again

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Stratacache, which has already bought a plant that will be used to make microLEDs, (Stratacache Pursuing GaN on Silicon in Oregon), said that it has bought a 100K sq. ft (9,300 …

Tags:Investment| Stratacache

Back-seat driver: How Honda stole the lead in autonomous cars

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that Honda will release a ‘Traffic Jam Pilot’ in its flagship Legend model in March this year – a move up to Level 3 automation, whereas Tesla’s AutoPilot and …

Tags:Automotive| Japan

Year: 2021